Rope-fastener.



' R. N.- KESTERSON.

ROPE FASTENER.

APPLICATION man Ma. 26, 1911.

1,251 %8, Patented Dec. 25,1912:

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ROPE FASTENER. APPLICATIONHLED MAR- 26. 1 917.

1,251,048. Patented Dec. 25,1917.

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REUBEN NEIL K ESTERSON, OF NEAR KNOXVILLE, TENNESSEE.

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Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Dec. 25,191'7- Apphcation filed March 26, 1917. Serial No. 157,492. I

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, REUBEN NEIL KE S'IZER- son, a citizen of the United States,,res1d1ng at near Knoxville, in the county of Knox and State of Tennessee, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Rope-Fasteners, of which the following is a specification, reference being had to the accompanyingdraw- IVIy improvement relates particularly to devices for. fastening and adjusting guy ropes used for holding tents and for other similar purposes. The object of the 1mprovement is to provide a device which may be easily applied and which will hold ropes effectively and which may be manufactured at small cost.

. In the accompanying drawings,

Figure 1 is a perspective view showing a guy rope and my improved fastener applied thereto;

Fig. 2 is a view looking toward the upper side of the fastener, shown in Fig. 1, the position of the rope being shown by dotted lines;

Fig. 3 is a view of the opposite side of the fastener, the rope being omitted;

Fig. 4 is an edge view of the fastener;

Fig. 5 illustrates another manner of securing the rope; I

Fig. 6 shows a sheet metal blank from which the fastener is formed;

Referring to said drawings, A is the body of the fastener, and B is the rope.

For convenience in description, the side of the body shown by Figs. land 2 will be regarded as the upper side of the plate, and the right-hand end is called the outer or free end while the left-hand end is called the inner or fulcrum end.

The body is formed of metal and itis flat and elongated and has the long edges, A. and A Between its ends, and preferably nearer one end than the other, the body has a rope-engaging device which. is torreceive and engage the adjacent end of the guy rope. In the form shown by the drawings, said engagingmember is a lateral extension, I), in which is an eye, C, through which the rope extends. Said extension is preferably turned into a plane which is perpendicular to the plane of the body, in order that the portion of the rope extending away from said eye will be below the plane of the plate.

On the left-hand end of the body are three tongues. The tongue, E, 'is at the edge, A Said tongue is curved upward and toward the opposite end of the body. The tongue, F, is at the opposite edge (the edge, A of the body and extends toward the left, parallel to'the edge, A", without bending. Between the tongues, E and F, and adjacent the latter is the tongue, G. This is curved upward and away from the body. The tongues, E and'G, are separated by a space which is somewhat wider than the thickness of'the rope.

At the opposite or right-hand end of the body and on the edge, A is a tongue, H, which rises from the body and then extends toward the opposite edge of the body;

The entire fastener is preferably made of sheet metal, the several rope-engaging'members, the extension, D, and the tongues, E, F, G, and H, being integral with the body of the fastener. V

When made of sheet metal, the blank illustrated by Fig. 6 is cut out of a larger sheet, and then the rope-engaging membersD. E, G, and H, are bent into their appropriate forms.

Foruse, the end of the rope, B, is extended through the eye, C, and then knotted or otherwise secured to keep it in said eye. The rope i then placed arounda stake or similar member, I, to form a loop, B Then the main part, B of the rope is laid into the hook formed by the tongue, E, and thence into the hook formed by the tongue, G, and thence across the straight tongue, F, and thence to' and into the tongue, H. The tongues, E, F, and H, are to be made'of such size as to rather closely engage the rope.

This operation of applying the ropeis, however, not ordinarily accomplished by directly bending the rope to adapt it to the engaging members, E, F, and H, of the fastener. On the contrary, the fastener is moved as follows to cause said members "to make the engagement with the rope. After the rope-has engaged the member, D, and the stake or similar member, I, the fastener is drawn away from the stake until the main portion, B of the rope is' straight and under suitable tension. Then the fastener is placed lengthwise beneath the rope, with the tongue, H, toward the stake and with the part, B", of the rope lying between the tongues, E and G. Then the outer end of the fastener is swung contra-clockwise until the engagingmember, H, passes beneaththe;

rope. Then said end is moved upward until the engaging member is opposite the rope. Then said end of the fastener-is released, VVhereupon, in response to the stress applied by the rope to the members, E and'G, the body reverses movement until the member, H engagesthe rope. Then the engage ment is complete. The portionbf the rope which lies in the member, G, is retained in said posit-ionlby the member, Hencethe member,= F,- maybe 1 called a retaining member.

The. engagement of therope by the .members, E,- G, and .H, is; entirely frictional, The greater-part is made by the. members, E and G. This; is facilitated by the bends madeaby the rope at each of these members It is also:to.be noted that when thefastener; is turned into. its final position," the members, E and.G, partially fold the rope, whereby the tension of the rope is increased. Itis ;also.to1be,.observed that while the fastener. isbeing put-through such final movement,the body .of the fastener serves as :a

lever comprising; a long arm and a shortarm,=,and the member, E. forming one pivot orfulcrum andthe member, D, formingan--v other fulcrum, 1 the fastener ordinarily turn:

so. ing-simultaneously onthetwo fuleri. With reference to either fulcrum, the long arm is betweenthatfulerum and the outer orfree endof the. body, A- This permits easy applicationof relatively large force to the 'portion of the rope engaged by the members, E and G.

InFig. 5', the end of the rope is held frictionally in lieu ofbeing tied or knotted. The end of the rope is put farther through the eye, C, andturnedtoward theright and. then upward-'and-over and crosswise around the, body oncezoraoftener. Then, when the fastenernis swunginto position beneath'the part, B of the rope for the engagement of themember, H, on'the part, B,,0f. the rope, said part will press .down on the turns'of the ropewhichextends around the body, A. This causes frictional engagement between said. turnsv and the portion, B, of the rope and alsobetween the turns and the edges, A and A of thebody, A. This frictional engagement between portions of the rope and-between ,the ropeand the edges of the b0dy, A, and between the rope and the member; D, may be made ample to prevent slipping of theend of the rope. Thus a rope whichis longer than necessary may be used without cutting and without shifting a knot when-the distance between the stake and the object to be guyed varies.

699. .v it jsr tsntm y the obtained for five cents each, by aqaresstng I claim as my invention a 1. The herein-described rope fastener comprising an elongated body, a rope end engagin gnportion', two =.-.-oppositely-directed and separated rope engaging members located at one end of said body and arranged transversely to the length of the body, and a. rope engaging member at the opposite end of thebody,substantially as described.

2. The herein-described rope fastener comprising an elongated ,body, a rope-fiend engagingportion located between the. ends of the. body,i two oppositely-directed and separated rope. engaging members located at oneend of said body and arranged. transversely to the length of the body, and a rope engaging member at the opposite end of t 1e body, substantially as described.

3. The herein-described rope fastener comprising'an elongated body, a rope end engaging portion integral with the body on one of its long edges, twooppositely-directed-and separated rope engaging memberslocated at one end of, said body and arranged. transverselyto the length of the body, and a; rope engaging member at the oppositeend of the body, substantially as described.

4.. The herein-descr1bed,, 0ne-p 1eee,. sheetmetal rope. fastener comprlsing anelongated body, a rope end engaging portion, two op positely-dlrected and separated rope engag;

ing members located at one vendof said body and arranged transversely to the length of. the body, and a rope engaging member at the opposite end of the body, substantially as described.

5. The herein-described, one-piece, sheet.- metal rope fastener comprising an elon'gated body a rope. engaging portion located between the ends of the body, two oppositelydirected and separated rope engaging members located at one end of said body and arranged transversely to the length ofv the body, and a rope engaginggmemberat the.

opposite endof the .body, substantially as described. a

6. The herein-described, one-piece, sheetmetal rope fastener comprising an elongated body, arope. endengaging member integral with the body on one. of its long edges, two oppositelydirected and separated rope engaging members located at one. end of said body, and arranged transversely to the length. offthe body, anda rope engaging member at the opposite end ofv the body, sub.

stantially as described.

lnqtestimony whereof l have signedz'my name. this23rd dayof March, in the year one thousand {nine hundred and. seventeen,

REUBEN NEIL KESTERSQK.

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